Anchorage

Hungry Alaskans still need help

Southcentral residents can help feed hungry Alaskans this holiday season by contributing to one of several events benefitting Food Bank of Alaska. The following financial institutions are accepting canned goods: Alaska USA Federal Credit Union, Denali Alaskan Federal Credit Union, Key Bank of Alaska, Credit Union 1 and Northern Skies Federal Credit Union.

Naming an interim mayor throws Assembly in bit of a tiff

Deciding who will step in as interim mayor when Mark Begich resigns in early January to become a U.S. senator is tying the Anchorage Assembly in knots.

Judge denies leniency bid

Kristopher Felber was drunk and stoned the morning he stole a truck and led police on a high-speed chase that he refused to end even when officers boxed in his vehicle, or when they opened fire on him, or when he slammed into another vehicle and instantly killed the husband and father of three who was driving.

Palin makes three appointments

Gov. Sarah Palin has made three new appointments to the Alaska Mental Health Board.

Scammer calls wrong number to make his pitch for donations

Dennis Mattingly really is trying to raise money for a stem cell operation to battle a deadly bone cancer. But anyone who calls you up saying so, and throws in a pitch for a donation, is a liar.

Planned Friday morning outage will affect South Anchorage areas

Chugach Electric Association is planning a power outage in a few Anchorage neighborhoods early Friday morning to enable repairs on a distribution line.

Anchorage bank robbery is 14th in Alaska this year

Police and federal agents are searching for a bank robber who struck at a First National Bank of Alaska branch Wednesday morning, police said.

Assembly wrangles over Begich successor

Mayor Mark Begich will be keeping his current job for the next several weeks, probably waiting until the first of the year to resign and turn over the keys to the city to an acting mayor who'll look after things until the next mayor is elected in April and takes over in July.

Defendant's fate in grisly murder hinges on intent

The question put to the jury in Jimmy Korkow's trial, which began Tuesday, is not whether he killed his wife, but whether he meant to. Was it a snap decision in an intoxicated rage, when he didn't know what he was doing? Or did he understand that he was murdering her?

Average gas prices in Anchorage (11/18/08)

Station surveys

Recaptured exotic cat must be shipped Outside

Not two weeks after Simon the Savannah cat was scooped up in a dipnet and reunited with his owner, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, which organized the reunion, is demanding that Sharon Gratrix get rid of her exotic pet.

Dipnet ends exploits of exotic cat on prowl

Fatal fire's cause undetermined

Although state fire officials suspect improperly extinguished smoking materials in a fire that kill a man in Peters Creek Nov. 9, the official cause of the blaze will remain undetermined, the state fire marshal's office said Tuesday.

Fireweed 7 slashes price of movie tickets to $3

Regal Entertainment Group has premiered bargain ticket prices at the aging Fireweed theater.

Movies and showtime listings

City takes vehicles for unpaid traffic fines

Anchorage police have begun seizing dump trucks, big rigs and just about anything else with a driver behind the wheel who owes more than $1,000 in overdue traffic fines.

The municipal scofflaw list

Average gas prices in Anchorage (11/17/08)

Stations surveyed

Operating budget on Assembly agenda

The third and final scheduled public hearing on Mayor Mark Begich's proposed $435 million general government operating budget for next year is set for tonight's Anchorage Assembly meeting.

Entrepreneur fills niche as bug, rodent rancher

It's no picnic being a bug and rodent rancher. Dianna Smith has hundreds of thousands of worms and bugs to tend to.

Video: Alaska Reptile & Cricket Ranch

Man shot outside downtown bar

An unknown gunman shot an Anchorage man in the shoulder after he left the Anchor Pub early Sunday in one of two downtown shooting incidents within 10 minutes.

Blog: Crime Blog

New racks make bicycles more welcome in city

The long, rough road to a bike-friendly Anchorage got a little smoother recently with the installation of 13 new bike racks downtown.

Front-loader ruptures gas line

An Anchorage man smashed a front-loader into a vehicle, a fence, a power pole, an electrical distribution box, and a Dumpster on Saturday night, police said, causing a gas leak in the process.

Mobile home destroyed by fire

A trailer at 1001 Boniface Parkway is a total loss after a Sunday afternoon fire. A cat and dog were unable to escape the fire. No other injuries were reported.